MyLife Essay Contest An Application of Chassidus-Based Mindfulness “I put before your today life and death…choose life.” — Deuteronomy 30:15 and 30:19 “We are going to win because they love life, and we love death.” — Hassan Nasrallah, secretary general of Hezbollah, 20041 The Torah is called “Toras Chayim”, “a teaching for living”. Originating with
MyLife Essay Contest Can you go on with your life when hit over the head with tragedy? Can a mother who lost her child go on to be a functional human being? Can a man whose entire business is lost leaving him penniless still function as the leader of his family? Can a girl who
MyLife Essay Contest מבוא מאמרים רבים נאמרו ונכתבו אודות הרציונל המודרני והאפקטיביות המעשית שניתן למצוא בתורת החסידות ועקרונותיה, המתאימים להפליא למציאות החיים הדינמית והתזזיתית של בני דורנו המוכר בשם החולין שלו “דור ההייטק,” על שלל בעיותיו ומורכבויותיו. במאמרנו זה ננסה להתמודד עם תופעה כללית שעולה אצל רבים מהקוראים דווקא לאחר שבאו על סיפוקם ואמצו את
MyLife Essay Contest How does God expect us to respond to suffering? According to the Chassidic doctrine of hashgacha pratis, it would seem that everything that happens to us is the will of God, and, by extension, a good thing. But is this really so? The following essay explores the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s teachings to shed
MyLife Essay Contest In my lifetime, I have met dozens of people who have ceased to acknowledge G-d’s existence because a benevolent G-d wouldn’t allow certain things to happen. Dead kids, war, the Holocaust, bad politicians, hangnails, you name it. If there was a G-d, these things would never happen. For a while, I was
MyLife Essay Contest החופש ותופעות הלוואי שלו המאה עשרים הצליחה למגר סופית מן העולם החפשי את נגעי ימי הביניים, שהעיקריים שבהם היו העבדות, העריצות, כמו מחלות קשות שהתפתחו למגפות. התפתחות הרפואה והרפואה המונעת הביאו להעלמות המגפות שקטלו מליונים במאות הקודמות. ערך ה’חופש’ חלחל לכל שדרות החברה, ובמדינות המערביות העבדות נעלמה מהעולם. מושג החופש לא הסתכם
MyLife Essay Contest The purpose of this essay is to address a challenge which many people have, and I hope to offer a possible solution based on Chassidic teachings. The subject I am addressing is the issue of extreme depression. For the purpose of this article, I am defining depression as the point when a
MyLife Essay Contest Living in a world of temptation we are inundated with countless assaults on our responsibility as ethical, moral and productive human beings. Our economy, media and society sends us subliminal messages that make us want more of everything. When we are done overspending, we are faced with countering the lures of social
MyLife Essay Contest One of the great issues plaguing our generation is the lack of cultivation of identity – having a proper understanding of ourselves and our relationship to our surroundings. In fact, it would seem most of the generation’s hallmark “crises” – divorce, depression, and so on – stem not from a lack of
MyLife Essay Contest These are famous words. Schools today will not be caught without this statement on their school policy. However, how effective is it? We find that less important school policies, carrying smaller punishments, are often successful. Yet, although the punishment for bullying ranges from a dressing-down by the principal, to expulsion, classrooms are
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